Categories: Ranks & Reports

India ranked 3rd globally in the publication of scientific papers

Union Minister for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh has revealed that India had jumped from 7th to 3rd in global scientific publications and scholarly output, according to a report by America’s National Science Foundation. India also ranks third globally in the number of PhDs produced annually. In a similar upward trend, the number of patents granted by the India Patents Office to Indian scientists has more than doubled in just the last four years.

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National Science Foundation: Key points in the reports

  • India’s scholarly output increased from 60,555 papers in 2010 to 1, 49,213 papers in 2020.
  • China leads the world in the publication of the maximum number of scientific papers followed by The United States of America.

About the National Science Foundation:

The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense.

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